1990 United States Senate election in Massachusetts

The 1990 United States Senate election in Massachusetts was held on November 6, 1990. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator John Kerry was reelected to his second term.

1990 United States Senate election in Massachusetts

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Nominee John Kerry Jim Rappaport
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,321,712 992,917
Percentage 57.06% 42.87%


U.S. senator before election

John Kerry
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

John Kerry
Democratic

Republican primary edit

Candidates edit

  • Jim Rappaport, real estate developer
  • Daniel W. Daly, former Massachusetts Undersecretary of Economic Affairs

Results edit

 
Republican primary results by municipality
Massachusetts United States Senate Republican primary, 1990[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jim Rappaport 265,093 66.12%
Republican Daniel W. Daly 135,647 33.38%
Write-in 202 0.05%
Total votes 400,740 100.00%

General election edit

Candidates edit

Results edit

1990 U.S. Senate election in Massachusetts[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic John Kerry (incumbent) 1,321,712 57.06%  2.01
Republican Jim Rappaport 992,917 42.87%  2.06
Write-in 1,583 0.07%  0.05
Total votes 2,316,212 100.00%
Democratic hold

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Our Campaigns - MA US Senate- R Primary Race - Sep 18, 1990". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved April 14, 2018.
  2. ^ "PD43+ » 1990 U.S. Senate General Election".
  3. ^ Dendy, Dallas L. "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 1990" (PDF).